Malpractice payouts take huge jump
Quick View. June 7, 2004.
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Total payments reported |
| 1993 |
$2.9 billion |
| 1994 |
$3.1 billion |
| 1995 |
$3.0 billion |
| 1996 |
$3.5 billion |
| 1997 |
$3.4 billion |
| 1998 |
$3.4 billion |
| 1999 |
$3.7 billion |
| 2000 |
$4.2 billion |
| 2001 |
$4.9 billion |
| 2002 |
$4.6 billion |
| 2003 |
$4.9 billion |
Payments to plaintiffs have increased nearly 69% in the past decade.
The payouts in medical malpractice lawsuits have shown a big increase, even though the number of claims submitted to the National Practitioner Data Bank has remained about the same.
Source: National Practitioner Data Bank and the Physician Insurers Assn. of America Data Sharing Project
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